Another major problem, pointed out by columnist Thomas Friedman, is that in Syria there is no Nelson Mandela to rally and organize the factions and will probably need an "external midwife".
Luke Evans's Bard the Bowman is once again front and centre as the de facto leader of the story's human faction, and there will be prizes for anyone who can explain why Orlando Bloom's Legolas the elf is still hanging around looking pretty – not to mention how Cate Blanchett's Galadriel manages to show up.
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, led by Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri, has the largest faction in Parliament and will be central to the outcome.
PC gamers will remember the original Red Faction, and console gamers will remember its disappointing sequel.
Tomasky also notes that in the Congress "the Blue Dog faction has more power than the liberal faction and probably always will because the moderates hold a stronger trump card - it's only in their districts that the Democrats can ever expand their majority as we saw in 2006 and 2008".
The type of government installed by the player in their faction will determine how other factions view the player and will influence their diplomatic relations.
One certainty in this latest phase of Italian politics is that every party and faction will try to protect what power they have, Mr Prodi's supporters included.Mr Veltroni will need to be cautious in his struggle against the Prodi camp.
It's best not to attack other players until you're Level 5. Do not attack other players in stronger factions or your faction will be chained.
The Muslim Brotherhood is not a small faction, and radical Islamist groups will not let bringing down the only Islamist model, which they did not necessarily like, go unpunished.
But it's also been strongly rumored that many secret deals had to be made for him to secure the support of the party's right-wing faction, and that these deals will prevent him from making any headway on his pet issues, at least in the foreseeable future.
The military will dissolve into ethnic factions, and the government will collapse.
